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Visit to Costa Rica 2006
President Oscar Arias is embraced by outgoing President Abel Pacheco during the inaugural at the Estadio Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, May 8, 2006.
President Oscar Arias is embraced by outgoing President Abel Pacheco during the inaugural at the Estadio Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, May 8, 2006.
Mrs. Laura Bush participates in a roundtable discussion about education in Costa Rica during a recent trip to the country's capitol city, San Jose, Monday, May 8, 2006. Mrs. Laura Bush participates in a roundtable discussion about education in Costa Rica during a recent trip to a school in the country's capitol city, San Jose, Monday, May 8, 2006. "As a teacher and a librarian myself, I love to visit schools around the world, and I know that you have quite a treasure in your children," said Mrs. Bush in a statement to the press. "I want to wish President Arias, the education minister, and all the teachers and children in Costa Rica the very best as everyone focuses on education to make sure every single child in Costa Rica gets a great education."
During a visit to a school named after the United States (Escuela do los Estados Unidos) in San Jose, Costa Rica, Mrs. Bush applauds the performance by students in the country's capitol city Monday, May 8, 2006. Students wave Costa Rican and American flags during Mrs. Bush's visit to their school, Escuela de los Estados Unidos, in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, May 8, 2006.
People sitting in the pattern of the Costa Rican flag fill the stands as President-elect Oscar Arias walks in a procession as part of his inaugural ceremony at the Estadio Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, May 8, 2006. Laura Bush stands next to President Vicente Fox and his wife Marta Sahagun de Fox of Mexico during the inaugural ceremony of President Oscar Arias at the Estadio Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, May 8, 2006.
President Oscar Arias is embraced by outgoing President Abel Pacheco during the inaugural at the Estadio Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, May 8, 2006. President Oscar Arias speaks during his inauguration at the Estadio Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, May 8, 2006.
After the inauguration ceremony, Mrs. Laura Bush greets President Oscar in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, May 8, 2006. "Today I had the opportunity to convey to President Arias the United States' strong support and partnership with Costa Rica," said Mrs. Bush in a statement to the press. "We have a history of a long friendship, and I'm very, very happy to have been the one to get to give him the very best wishes of the American people."

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